Baltimore Orioles (79-82, fourth in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (93-68, second in the AL East)

New York; Sunday, 1:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Shane Baz (6-15, 4.11 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 154 strikeouts); Yankees: Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz (0-0)

LINE: Yankees -136, Orioles +111; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles meet on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

New York has a 93-68 record overall and a 46-34 record at home. Yankees hitters have a collective .409 slugging percentage to rank seventh in MLB.

Baltimore has a 79-82 record overall and a 40-40 record in road games. Orioles hitters have a collective .396 slugging percentage to rank 10th in the AL.

Sunday's game is the 13th time these teams square off this season. The Yankees have a 9-3 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice has 24 doubles, four triples and 41 home runs for the Yankees. George Lombard Jr. is 12 for 42 with a double, four home runs and 11 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Pete Alonso has 43 home runs, 81 walks and 113 RBIs while hitting .267 for the Orioles. Christian Encarnacion-Strand is 12 for 35 with four doubles, three home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 5-5, .222 batting average, 3.75 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

Orioles: 6-4, .225 batting average, 2.64 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Fernando Cruz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 15-Day IL (biceps), Giancarlo Stanton: 60-Day IL (calf), Ryan Weathers: 15-Day IL (forearm), Aaron Judge: 10-Day IL (leg), Trent Grisham: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Kervin Castro: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Orioles: Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot), Jackson Holliday: 10-Day IL (wrist), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (lower abdominal), Samuel Basallo: 7-Day IL (concussion), Tyler O'Neill: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Robert Jr.: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Blaze Alexander: 10-Day IL (back), Keegan Akin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Helsley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.